英語(yǔ)笑話:物美價(jià)廉
fascinated著迷，elegant精美的，calligraphy書(shū)法，cocktail雞尾酒
笑話原文】
Cheap but Good
My wife was fascinated by the elegant calligraphy on the hand-written menu in a Chinese restaurant. She took it home and spent months knitting a sweater with Chinese characters in the front. She was wearing it at a cocktail party when a Chinese physician asked where she got the symbols.
“From a menu,” she admitted. “Do you know what they say?”
“I’m afraid to ask,” my wife said, “but tell me anyway.”
“Cheap but good.”
中文譯文】
價(jià)廉物美
我的妻子被中國(guó)餐館的手寫(xiě)菜單上優(yōu)美的書(shū)法迷住了。她把菜單帶回家，花了幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間織了一件毛衣，把中國(guó)字織在胸前。她穿著這件毛衣參加一個(gè)雞尾酒會(huì)。一位中國(guó)醫(yī)生問(wèn)她是在哪里搞到這個(gè)圖樣。她承認(rèn)是從菜單上描下來(lái)的。醫(yī)生問(wèn)：“你知道這些字什么意思嗎?”我的妻子說(shuō)：“我沒(méi)敢問(wèn)。你告訴我吧。”中國(guó)醫(yī)生說(shuō)：“價(jià)廉物美。”
詞匯講解】
1.fascinate使著迷。be fascinated with history深深?lèi)?ài)上歷史學(xué)科。She fascinated him into marring her.她弄得他神魂顛倒而終于娶了她。還有“懾住”的意思：The serpent fascinated its prey.那條蛇懾住了它要捕食的動(dòng)物。
2.elegant精美的。an elegant dress漂亮雅致的女服;lead a life of elegant ease過(guò)著優(yōu)裕閑適的生活。也可以指“簡(jiǎn)潔的”：an elegant piece of reasoning簡(jiǎn)要明確的論證
3.calligraphy書(shū)法、筆跡。learn Chinese calligraphy學(xué)中國(guó)書(shū)法;be inscribed on a plaque in sb.’s caligraphy按某人的手跡刻印與一塊匾額上。
4.knit編織。除此之外，knit還有很多意思，比如“使癒合”：knit broken bones使折骨癒合;“皺眉”：knit one’s brows in thought緊鎖雙眉思索;“締結(jié)”：knit an agreement訂立協(xié)議
5.cocktail雞尾酒。也可以作及物動(dòng)詞，意為“舉行雞尾酒會(huì)”：They lionized and cocktailed the young author.他們給那青年作家捧場(chǎng)，并為他舉行雞尾酒會(huì)。
6.physician醫(yī)生。也可以指“撫慰者、解除痛苦者”：a physician of the soul心靈的撫慰者。
